Walls
Title
Walls
Description
The Proliferation of City Walls in Late Antiquity
Creator
Brian Merlo
Collection Items
The Late Roman Walls at Conímbriga, Portugal
Ancient Conímbriga, about 12 miles (approximately 20 kilometers outside Coimbra, Portugal) was a Roman town that flourished under the Flavians and witnessed an influx of wealthy homes, expensively furnished, in the second century C.E. The Roman…
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Theodosian Walls, Istanbul
Construction of the Theodosian Walls was instigated by Theodosius II's Praetorian Prefect of the East, Anthemius, in 413 and were made even more formidable after earthquakes in 447.
Porta del Popolo, Rome
This is the baroque renovation of what was previously the Porta Flaminia because it was connected to the Via Flaminia
Porta San Sebastiano, Rome
Perhaps the best known of the Aurelian Wall gates, the Porta San Sebastiano is the largest and best preserved, and today houses the Museo delle Mura. The gate leads to the Via Appia, the important and strategic route to the south of Italy.
Aurelian Wall, Rome
The Aurelian Wall at the Museo delle Mura (museum of the walls) which is housed in the first and second floors of the Porta San Sebastiano at the beginning of the Appian Way. It provides an exhibition on the walls of Rome and their building…
Porta San Paolo (Porta Ostiense, Ostian Gate), Rome.
Standing near the Porta San Paolo is the Pyramid of Cestius, built around 12 BCE. It was incorporated into the Aurelian Wall, perhaps to reduce some of the costs of building. The wall cut through a number of senatorial properties as a reprisal for…